lying
verb
[ ˈlʌɪɪŋ ]
• present participle of lie1.
lying
verb
• present participle of lie2.
lying
adjective
• not telling the truth.
• "he's a lying, cheating, snake in the grass"
Similar:
untruthful,
false,
dishonest,
mendacious,
perfidious,
deceitful,
deceiving,
deceptive,
duplicitous,
dissimulating,
dissembling,
double-dealing,
two-faced,
Janus-faced,
guileful,
underhand,
disingenuous,
crooked,
bent,
sneaky,
tricky,
hollow-hearted,
lie
verb
• (of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface.
• "the body lay face downwards on the grass"
Similar:
recline,
lie down,
lie back,
be recumbent,
be prostrate,
be supine,
be prone,
be stretched out,
stretch oneself out,
lean back,
sprawl,
rest,
repose,
relax,
lounge,
loll,
bask,
• be, remain, or be kept in a specified state.
• "the abbey lies in ruins today"
• (of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction.
• "Kexby lies about five miles due east of York"
Similar:
be situated,
be located,
be placed,
be positioned,
be found,
be sited,
be established,
be,
• (of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable.
• "an action for restitution would lie for money paid in breach of the law"
Origin:
Old English licgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liggen and German liegen, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek lektron, lekhos and Latin lectus ‘bed’.
lie
verb
• tell a lie or lies.
• "why had Ashenden lied about his visit to London?"
Similar:
say something untrue,
tell an untruth,
tell a lie,
tell a falsehood,
fib,
fabricate,
invent a story,
make up a story,
falsify,
dissemble,
dissimulate,
bear false witness,
tell a white lie,
prevaricate,
exaggerate,
stretch the truth,
perjure oneself,
commit perjury,
forswear oneself,
be forsworn,
bluff,
pretend,
depart from the truth,
deceive,
delude,
mislead,
trick,
hoodwink,
hoax,
take in,
lead astray,
throw off the scent,
send on a wild goose chase,
put on the wrong track,
lie through one's teeth,
con,
be economical with the truth,
bullshit,
Opposite:
tell the truth,
Origin:
Old English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen .
